Kimeli won the men's 1,500 meters Thursday

Cray won Section B of the triple jump with a leap of 41 feet, 6 inches. It's the second longest mark in school history.

"It's huge anytime you can win a section at the Texas Relays," Islanders coach Shawn Flanagan said. "The jumpers did very well today with marking season bests and we are working to get better in the relays."

The Islanders women's 400-meter relay team of Ashley Rosebrough, Kassandrea Son, Cray and Shakelia Coleman finished fourth at 47.13 seconds, which is a top 10 time in school history.

The men's 1,600 relay team of Cordarius Edmonson, Matt Youngblood, William Scott and David Carrillo finished sixth at 3:16.43, which is also a top 10 time in school history.

Son finished sixth in the long jump at 19-5.25, which is the third best mark in school history.

On Thursday, junior Patrick Kimeli won the men's 1,500 meter race and sophomore Brandi Huff broke her own school record in the javelin.

"Overall Brandi had a huge improvement in the javelin and Patrick is looking really good at the right time," Flanagan said.

Kimeli won the 1500 with a time of 3:49.03, which marks his second fastest time in the.

Philipp Baar competed in section B of the 1500. The freshman finished in fifth with a time of 3:57.07 to qualify for the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships.

Huff, a former Rockport-Fulton standout, finished fourth in the javelin at 140-7.

In the women's 1500, senior Danielle Higgins clocked a time of 4:40.83 to qualify for the outdoor championships.

William Scott finished fifth in the men's 400 hurdles with a time of 54.55.

The men's 3,200 relay team of Valentinas Rudys, Brandon Lacy, Paul Hansel and Edmonson finished 11th with a time of 7:38.56.

Cecilia Gonzalez finished fourth in the 3,000 at 11:10.68, which qualifies her for the outdoor championships. Melissa Jones finished at 12:01.96 to qualify for the conference championships.

Junior Daniel Barlow ran the 3,000 steeplechase in 9:31.38, which is the seventh best time in school history.

A&M-K's 1,600 relay excel at Texas Relays

AUSTIN — The Texas A&M-Kingsville women's 1,600-meter relay team provided an early highlight to the 85th Annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays for the program on Friday.

The Javelinas clocked a time of 3 minutes, 49.29 seconds, the fourth-best time in school history. Of more import, the time eclipsed the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying standard. The team of Amber Perry, Brittany Stafford, Stephanie Garcia and Kathy Trevino improved by seven seconds over their previous best this season.

The Javelinas men only had three athletes competing Friday, but two had strong performances. Carroll-ex Tim Price won his preliminary heat in the 100 meters in 10.48. He provisionally qualified for nationals and advanced to Saturday's finals. Catrell Butler advanced to the finals in the 110 hurdles in 14.49, also a provisional mark.

The junior from Brownsville defended his 400-meter hurdle title at the LSU Relays last week, winning it for the second consecutive year. He clocked an NCAA Division II automatic qualifying time of 51.56 seconds in the preliminaries, the top time in the country this year. He won in the finals with a time of 52.01. He also ran the second leg on the 1,600 relay team that took third place and provisionally qualified for nationals with a time of 3:11.67.